Noodle-making device.



l. KUNST.

NOODLE MAKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJ, 191e.

1,301,065., Patent-ed Apr. 15, 1919.

'member of the device.

JOHN KUNST,v oF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NOODLE-MAKING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15, 1919.

Application led August 7, 1916. Serial 1\'T o. 113,533.`

.To all whom t may concern Be it lmown that I, JOHN KUNST, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Noodle-Making Devices, of which the following is a specification. y

This invention relates to a noodle making device and the object thereof is to provide a simple, practical and highly efcient form for this purpose adapted either for domestic, or for hotel use, or even for manufacturing purposes.

A further object is to provide a device in which noodles may be rapidly and correctly made. Y r

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than thosereferred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of thev following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown a merely preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Figurel is a vertical central sectional view taken through a device constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.V v

Fig. 2 isy a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken upon the plane of line III-III of Fig. 1 illustrating the manner in which the noodles are formed and cut.

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken upon the plane of line IV-IV of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view'illustrating a modification.

Fig. 6 is a top plan view illustrating a further modification; and Y a Fi 7 is a view similar to that shown in Flg. 1, except on a smaller scale, illustrating a further modification.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description of the structure illustrated therein, the reference character L indicates a container or boiler-,constitutin the lower The re erence numeral G indicates a pan-like cover for the boiler L, forming the upper part of, the

The material formin the bottom wallof vthe cover is perforate as at 2, and said bottom wall is preferably made concave so K as to better hold the dough to be operated upon and so as to'better coperate with the knife H, as will be pointed out.

'In operation a quantity of-dough is placed within the pan G, the dough being of such consistency as to gradually flow through the openings 2. The knife H is disposed in close contact with the upper surface of the bottom wall of the pan and by swinging the same about its pivotal' connection that portion of the dough which has passed through the openings 2 will be cut off and allowed to fall intoV the water 3 within the container L.'

It is intended thatthe water 3 shall be in a heated condition so as to cook theV dough more or less and thereby cause it to maintainV the shape imparted to itby passing through the openings 2. The variouspieces of the dough will also be prevented from connecting lthemselves together.V Y

` Of course, itwill be understoodfthat the openings 2 may be of any desired distinctive shape and disposition within thespirit of the invention.

A suitable handle 4 is provided at one end of the knife I-I by means of which the knife may be readily rotated.

As illustrated the knife comprises a member which is pivoted by approximately its center portion so that both of the end portions thereof, as 5 and', constitute cutters. If desired, one of these cutters may be omitted. The two cutters, however, serve to improve the action of each other to a cer- Both cutters 5 and 6 maybe of the same shape, if desired, but it is preferable that onethereof, as 6, bearranged at a bevel so that it will serve, when rotated in one dlrection, as a sort of wedge to force the dough whereas when the knife is rotated in ther firstdirection one end only willserve as a ycutter and the opposite end will serve as a wedge. By holding the yhandle 4 pressed downwardly the cutter 6 will be held in tight engagement with the bottom wall of the pan and may be made to serve as a cutter even when rotated in its wedge-acting direction. By raising the handle, however, as suggested by the dotted lines 1n Fig. 1, the cutter 6 will act simply as a wedge.

In structures where the cutter 5 is lomitted and the cutter 6 is arranged at an 1ncline, said cutter 6 may be held elevated and rotated for any number `of times so as to lcause the noodles to become as long as desired. When they have attained a desirable l length the cutter can be pressed downwardly and the noodles severed. Y

In some instances, especially where the knife is made to form only a'singlev cutter, the cutter may benormally bowed upon a curve having a less radius than the curve of the bottom wall of the pan so that the handle end will normally stand elevated, sub'- vstantially as indicated also by the dotted line inY F ig. 1. In operating this cutter it can be allowed to remain in its normal position to act as a wedge, or 1t can be pressed down more or less, as desired. When fully pressed 4down it will form a tight,fsmooth and effective engagement with they surface of the pan owing to the resiliency of the cutter.

Y It is desirable that the knife may be readily attached or detached at the point of its 'pitoval engagement with the pan, and for this purpose the pivotal connection is provided by the use of a spring rivet 7', the head of which overlies the uppersurface of the knife and` the shank of which extends 'n apocket 10 ltherein within which is arranged a U-shaped spring 11 retained by cross pin 12. The legs of the spring project downwardly and Cthe lower portions thereof are bent to form inclined shoulder portions 13 Y disposed to project outwardly for engaging beneath the lower end of the sleeve 8.

.In the modification Fig. 6 the knife is One of these is provided with the han- In the modification Fig. 7 the knife is provided with an annular marginal band portion15 which is connected to the ends of the cutters so as to provide a relatively deep pan-like arrangement for betterretaining thedough against accidental overflow. By this arrangement larger quantities of dough may be handled with facility.

Having thus described my inventionwhat yI claim as new and desireto secure byIietters Patent is:

1. A noodle making device comprising a pan-like structure adapted to contain a quantity of dough, the bottom wall ofsaid structure being perforated `to permit portions of the dough to extend therethrough,

and a cutter for vcutting oft' the portions'of Y dough extending through saidperforations,

vsaid cutter comprising a'member ladapted to be moved transversely across theperforations and being iiexible to permitits being bent to move portions thereof closer to or'farther from the perforated bottom wall', 4for-the purpose set forth. 'f

2. A noodle making device comprising a pan-like structure adapted to contain a quantity ofvdough, the bottom wall of said .structure being perforated to permit portions of the doughv to extend therethrough, and a cutter for cutting off the portions of dough extending through said perforations,

said cutter comprising a member adapted to 'i be ,moved transversely across thejperforations 1n two directions and having an yangularly disposed part operative, when the cutter is moved' inV one direction, to wedge the n dough through the perforations, and 'operative, when the cutter is moved inthe opposite direction, to cut 'olf the ydough which hasrbeen wedged throughthe perforations, and said cutter being iexible toy permit its lbeing bent to move portions thereof farther said cutter comprising a strip of material pivotally connected with said structure to Vbe swung back and'forth across said perforations, said cutter having an'angularly disposed part operative as a wedge to force lthe dough throughA the perforationsv fwhen the cutter is swung in one direction and as aV knife to out off the dough; which extends n throughthe perforations whenthecu-tter is swung in the opposite direction, andthe cutl ter being flexible lto permit of its being bent shown as comprising four distinct cutters to moveV its angularly *disposed portion 'closer to or farther from the perforated bottom wall, for the purpose set forth.

4. A noodle making device comprising a pan-like structure adapted to contain a quantity of dough, the bottom wall of said structure being perforated to permit portions of the dough to extend therethrough, a cutter for cutting off the portions of dough extending through said perforations, the cutter comprising a member pivotally mounted to swing transversely across the perforations, said member at one side of the pivot thereof being dispbsed to rest substantially iiat against the bottom wall to cut 0E the dough as said member is swung, and said member at the opposite side of the pivot being disposed at an angle to the surface of the bottom wall to serve as a wedge for forcing the dough through the perforations as said member swings, and the last mentioned portion of said member being iexible to permit of its being bent to move the angularly disposed portion closed to or farther from the bottom wall at will.

5. A noodle making device comprising a pan-like structure adapted to contain a quantity of dough, the bottom wall of said structure being perforated to permit portions of the dough to extend therethrough, and a cutter for cutting oif the portions of dough extending through said perforations, said cutter comprising a strip of material extending transversely across the bottom wall of said structure and being pivotally connected at approximately the center of said bottom wall by its intermediate portion so as to provide two parts one at each side of said pivot for operating upon the dough when the cutter is rotated about the pivot, one of said parts being disposed fiat upon the surface of the bottom wall to serve only as a cutter while the other of said part-s is disposed at an angle to the surface of the bottom wall to serve as a wedge for forcing the dough through the perforations.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN KUNST- Witnesses:

L. GEssroRD HANDY, GUsTAv GENZLINGER.

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